Lights of New York Lures With Romantic City Lights
The Fox special Lights of New York comes to the National Theatre next Monday and Tuesday. The piece taps Manhattan’s famed lamp-lit scenes from Broadway and Times Square to Fifth Avenue Greenwich Village and Coney Island.
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New York
Fox
National Theatre
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Times Square
Sixth Avenue
O. O. McIntyre
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
Avenue
O. Henry
Greenwich Village
Bohemia
New Orleans
Bowery
Coney Island
Effect to Cause Mother and Son Quarrel Over Laundry
A humorous domestic exchange features a mother asking about the upstairs racket and Jimmy replying that their father hurled his heavy underwear into the hall. The brief vignette captures a tense household moment with a touch of lightness.
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Jimmy
Test in English teacher and William exchange
A classroom exchange features a teacher asking William about the three most common English words. William replies I do not know, and the teacher confirms the answer is correct.
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William
School and social notes from Denton to Olney
Local residents visit, travel, and family updates span Denton Olney Megargel and Graham. Names include Jean Staples Velma Finnell Nannie Weems and many others with church and Sunday school remarks and upcoming events.
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James G. Staples
Velma Finnell
Denton
Douglas Blount
Near Bryson
Nannie Weems
White Rose Harvest Fest Brings Community Together
White Rose reports a healthy harvest with crops and weeds gathered. Sunday school drew 47 attendees, 263 chapters read, and a $12 offering to support Brother Mayes of Seminary Hill. Visitors from Graham joined in the service and efforts to tidy the school grounds continued with 13 White Roses cleaning the grounds and house.
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Boyles
Jake Walker
Grace Taylor
Graham
Kunkel
Wignall
McCombs
C. E. Walker
White Rose
Brother Mayes
Seminary Hill
Mr. Long
Maggie Long
Martha Taylor
If We Smile poem exhorting kindness and shared duty
A short verse urging readers to smile and show patience toward others to improve the world. It contrasts selfish, silent behavior with acts of encouragement and support, warning that a gloomy world results when kindness is withheld.
The Cost of Courting in Hard Times
This piece notes how courting costs rose from 25 cent shows to 10 to 20 dollar dances and even 100 dollar prom nights. It cites wartime spending as a spark for higher expectations and warns that the nation cannot prosper if such spending becomes permanent.
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Hannah
Quotations on Humor Wit and Rhyme by Carlyle De Stael and Emerson
A collection of reflective quotes on humor love sublime wit and rhyme from Carlyle De Stael and Emerson. These lines explore how humor arises from the heart not contempt and how rhyme can speak truth beyond common sensibilities.
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Thomas Carlyle
Madame de Stael
Philistia
Emerson
Seven producing wells in Swastika field
Chas. S Richardson reports seven producing wells in the Swastika oil field with only two pumping due to incomplete pipelines. About a dozen more wells are drilling, two pipelines are planned, and a refinery is to be built at Megargel. Production per well is expected above 200 barrels of 43 gravity oil with 47 percent gasoline, said to be the best test oil yet found in Texas.
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Richardson
Swastika
Megargel
Southern Railway
Chas
Texas
Archer County News
Tax fairness in a taxed businessman versus tax-exempt bonds
Bill Jones invests $100,000 to grow an industry and pays city, county, state and federal taxes plus a city tax for police and fire services. Sam Smith holds $100,000 in tax-exempt bonds and avoids those taxes while sharing public benefits. The piece questions continuing to fund improvements while permitting tax dodging and whether Bill will invest again.
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Bill Jones
Sam Smith
Bill’s
Bill
Sam
Dear Mrs Proper Advice Column Letter
A reader seeks fashion guidance in the Dear Mrs Proper column. The reply humorously suggests wearing the dress until she persuades her father to fund a new one, reflecting lighthearted advice from a vintage advice page.
Don’t Shoot! film shoot in costlyRich Pasadena sets
Universal feature Dont Shoot! stars Herbert Rawlinson and Edna Murphy arrives at the National Theatre next Friday and Saturday. Rich Colony supplied millionaires mansions in Pasadena for interior scenes costing high daily rents. Night bank scenes were shot with police cordons after securing permission from prominent banks in Los Angeles. The supporting cast includes Wade Boteler Margaret Campbell and George.
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Herbert Rawlinson
National Theatre
Pasadena
California
Los Angeles
Motion Picture Company
Edna Murphy
Wade Boteler
Margaret Campbell
George
Notable Names Appear In Shakespearean Tale Adaptation
The article cites Fisher, Gerrard Grassby, Tiny San ford, Duke R. Lee, Fred Kelsey and L. J. O'Connor as key figures in a stage adaptation styled by George Bronson Howard. The fragment suggests a literary or theatrical context with prominent contributors.
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